Singapore Airlines announced this morning that 17 SilkAir routes, over a third of the regional carrier’s current network, will be transferred to low-cost subsidiary Scoot from April 2019 through to July 2020. This comes ahead of the merger of SilkAir into Singapore Airlines, a process likely to be completed in the second half of 2020.
In other news the airline confirmed that Scoot’s Honolulu flights will cease from June 2019 due to poor demand, with four other Scoot routes transferring solely to the parent airline.
SilkAir to Scoot
The following routes will be transferred from SilkAir to Scoot between April 2019 and July 2020, subject to regulatory approval.
| Date | Routes |
| April 2019 | Luang Prabang |
| Vientiane | |
| May to October 2019 | Coimbatore |
| Changsha | |
| Chiang Mai | |
| Fuzhou | |
| Kunming | |
| Trivandrum | |
| Visakhapatnam | |
| Wuhan | |
| December 2019 | Kota Kinabalu |
| May to July 2020 | Balikpapan |
| Lombok | |
| Makassar | |
| Manado | |
| Semarang | |
| Yogyakarta |
For KrisFlyer members this is bad news, removing 17 options from the redemption network. Of course you can use your miles to fly Scoot instead, but we strongly advise against it.
This will of course spell the end of Business Class on these routes, which are likely to be served by a mix of Scoot Airbus A320 and Boeing 737-800 aircraft in an all-Economy Class configuration.